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A QUARTER-DAY COGITATION.
(WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF A "NOTED" TAILOR'S BILL.)
By winter's chill the fragrant flower is nipp'd,
To be new-clothed with brighter tints in spring;
The blasted tree of verdant leaves is stripp'd,
A fresher foliage on each branch to bring;
The aerial songster moults his plumerie,
To vie in sleekness with each feather'd brother:
A twelvemonth's wear hath ta'en thy nap from thee,
My seedy coat!--When shall I get another?
NOTE.--Confiding tailors are entreated to send their addresses, pre-paid,
to PUNCH'S office.
P.S.--None need apply who _refuse_ three years' acceptances. If the
bills be made _renewable_, by agreement, "continuations" will be
taken in any quantity.--FITZROY FIPS.
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STREET POLITICS.
A DRAMATIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN PUNCH AND HIS STAGE MANAGER.
(_Enter_ PUNCH.)
PUNCH.--R-r-r-roo-to-tooit-tooit?
(_Sings._)
"Wheel about and turn about,
And do jes so;
Ebery time I turn about,
I jump Jim Crow.
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